![]() ![]() ![]() Feather Reed Grass (Calamagrostis x acutiflora ‘Karl Foerster’) produces five-feet-tall pink plumes in June that turn tan come August over plants measuring only two to three feet wide. This design method is effective for taller grasses as well, with the gardener simply needing to incorporate perennials from tall grass prairies. At Olbrich Botanical Gardens in Wisconsin, the pink Cone Flower (Echinacea pallida) and yellow Tickseed (Coreopsis sp.) provide points of seasonal color with the Sporobolus as a backdrop. Lower growing grasses that are clump forming, such as Prairie Dropseed (Sporobolus heterolepis) are ideal for creating a fine textured base against which coarser textured and colorful perennials can be displayed. They are very effective when used in unifying sweeps or masses and interplanted with various perennials, creating a meadow-like appearance. This also highlights why so many ornamental grasses are difficult to transplant or divide!īeyond being tough and attractive, ornamental grasses provide a number of useful design solutions for the garden. Thus, many species can endure extended periods of drought while remaining ornamental. For example, roots of Switch Grass (Panicum virgatum) can reach depths of eleven feet, while Kentucky Blue Grass exhibits a more restrained six to eight inches. This root system is in stark contrast to many turf grasses. Most feature a very deep and extensive root system. The plant has an attractive architectural form, flower, or foliage from spring to frost and often retains its form for winter interest. In its most simplistic form, it can be a true grass of the family Poaceae, a sedge in the family Cyperaceae, or a rush in the family Juncaceae. Perhaps it would be appropriate to first understand what defines an ornamental grass. I hope I can shed a little light on how best to use them in a garden! Even today, I fear many have yet to recognize their design potential. Still, many gardeners resisted the “New Wave”, viewing ornamental grasses more as weeds. When I came across designs by Wolfgang Oehme and James Van Sweden featuring bold sweeps of them combined with colorful perennials, I was hooked! In fact, their design style was termed the “New Wave” of Garden Design. As a beginning gardener, I was intrigued by their texture and ease with which the gentlest of breezes gave them motion. I was first smitten with this group of plants as a child, long before I began to seriously study landscape design in the early 1980’s. Over the past 50 years, ornamental grasses have slowly been gaining favor among gardeners. New Wave Comes Ashore Above: Feather Reed Grass (Calamagrostis x acutiflora ‘Karl Foerster’ with Joe Pye Weed (Eutrochium purpureum) and Giant Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia maxima) We take a typical file as example to customize its less-loader options. We now introduce some popular way to do it depends on different workflow. We will use modifyVars provided by less.js to override the default values of the variables, You can use this example as a live playground. Please report an issue if the existing list of variables is not enough for you. : #1890ff // primary color for all components : #1890ff // link color : #52c41a // success state color : #faad14 // warning state color : #f5222d // error state color : 14px // major text font size : rgba ( 0, 0, 0, 0.85 ) // heading text color : rgba ( 0, 0, 0, 0.65 ) // major text color : rgba ( 0, 0, 0, 0.45 ) // secondary text color : rgba ( 0, 0, 0, 0.25 ) // disable state color : 2px // major border radius : #d9d9d9 // major border color : 0 3px 6px - 4px rgba ( 0, 0, 0, 0.12 ), 0 6px 16px 0 rgba ( 0, 0, 0, 0.08 ), 0 9px 28px 8px rgba ( 0, 0, 0, 0.05 ) // major shadow for layers ![]() There are some major variables below, all less variables could be found in Default Variables. A set of less variables are defined for each design aspect that can be customized to your needs. We are using Less as the development language for styling. Ant Design allows you to customize our design tokens to satisfy UI diversity from business or brand requirements, including primary color, border radius, border color, etc. ![]()
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